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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Little Rock, AR

May 26, 2016Arkansas County, Lonoke County, Prairie County, Arkansas

NWS Little Rock, AR issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 4:11 PM CDT for Arkansas County, Lonoke County, Prairie County, Arkansas. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2016, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 4:33 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Little Rock, AR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Arkansas County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Prairie County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Little Rock, AR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:14 AM CDT, 11 hours 57 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Little Rock, AR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Desha	28 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Jackson	34 min
May 26, 4:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LZK	Jackson, White, Woodruff	3 hr
May 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Grant	36 min
May 26, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Grant, Pulaski, Saline	23 min
May 26, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LZK	Arkansas, Desha	27 min
May 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LZK	Van Buren	25 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.